Providing custom audio profile in wireless device

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for providing a custom profile in a wireless device, and a method of modifying an audio profile in a wireless device, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory into which at least one criterion is entered by the user, a receiver that receives an audio signal, a comparator that receives the audio signal from the receiver, and that receives at least a first of the least one criterion from the memory, and that compares the audio signal to the first criterion, and an adjustor that adjusts the audio signal based on the result from the comparator. The method includes the steps of entering, by a user of the wireless device, of a first criterion, comparing an audio signal received by the wireless device to the first criterion, adjusting the audio signal based on the output of the comparing step, and playing the adjusted audio signal to the user, or broadcasting the adjusted audio signal to a remote caller.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention is directed generally to a method andapparatus for use in a wireless device and, more particularly, to amethod and apparatus for providing a custom audio profile in a wirelessdevice.

[0003] 2. Description of the Background

[0004] A person garners elements of that person's self image from theidentity and appearance that person feels he or she outwardly presents.An important factor in the identity and appearance a person presents isthe way that person sounds. Due to intracranial resonance and otherfactors, a person rarely sounds, in actuality, the same as that personthinks he or she sounds. Thus, persons are not presenting outwardly thesame identity and appearance they think they are, and, if alerted tothat fact, persons may suffer damage to their respective self-images.

[0005] Much of this damage to self-image may stem from the way personspresent themselves over the telephone. Due to the fact that a personcannot, by his or her expression or body language, convey emotion overthe telephone, that person may sound passive, meek or, indifferent overthe telephone, rather than sounding the way that person intended tosound.

[0006] Therefore, the need exists for a telephone that can support aperson's self image by allowing that person to sound the way that persondesires to sound, to convey the image and emotions that he wants toconvey, while allowing him, if desired, to retain a certain level ofrecognizability, understandability, or clarity.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The present invention is directed to an apparatus for providing acustom profile in a wireless device. The apparatus includes a memoryinto which at least one criterion is entered by the user, a receiverthat receives an audio signal, a comparator that receives the audiosignal from the receiver, and that receives at least a first of theleast one criterion from the memory, and that compares the audio signalto the first criterion, and an adjustor that adjusts the audio signalbased on the result from the comparator.

[0008] The present invention also includes a method of modifying anaudio profile in a wireless device. The method includes the steps ofentering, by a user of the wireless device, of a first criterion,comparing an audio signal received by the wireless device to the firstcriterion, adjusting the audio signal based on the output of thecomparing step, and playing the adjusted audio signal to the user, orbroadcasting the adjusted audio signal to a remote caller.

[0009] The present invention solves problems experienced with the priorart because it provides a telephone that can support a user's self imageby allowing that person to sound the way that person desires to sound,and that helps the user convey certain emotions over the telephone,while allowing the user, if the user desires, to retain a certain levelof recognizability, understandability, or clarity. Those and otheradvantages and benefits of the present invention will become apparentfrom the detailed description of the invention hereinbelow.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

[0010] For the present invention to be clearly understood and readilypracticed, the present invention will be described in conjunction withthe following figures, wherein:

[0011]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus forproviding a custom profile in a wireless device;

[0012]FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram illustrating an apparatus forproviding a custom profile in a wireless telephone;

[0013]FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating the method of modifying anaudio profile in a wireless device; and

[0014]FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating more particularly oneembodiment of the method of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] It is to be understood that the figures and descriptions of thepresent invention have been simplified to illustrate elements that arerelevant for a clear understanding of the present invention, whileeliminating, for purposes of clarity, many other elements found in atypical wireless device. Those of ordinary skill in the art willrecognize that other elements are desirable and/or required in order toimplement the present invention. However, because such elements are wellknown in the art, and because they do not facilitate a betterunderstanding of the present invention, a discussion of such elements isnot provided herein.

[0016]FIGS. 1 and 1A are schematic diagrams illustrating an apparatus 10for providing a custom profile in a wireless device 12. The apparatus 10includes a memory 14, a receiver 16, a comparator 18 that compares anaudio signal 20 to a first criterion 22, and an adjustor 24 that adjuststhe audio signal 20.

[0017] The memory 14 is included within the wireless device 12. Thememory device 14 may be any device known in the art capable of storing acriterion, and capable of having that criterion read from the memoryafter storage. For example, in one embodiment, the memory 14 is a RAM.The user 30 of the wireless device 12, for example, enters at least onecriterion 22 into the memory 14 of the wireless device 12. The at leastone criterion 22 may also, in alternative embodiments, be entered intothe wireless device 12 by a manufacturer of the wireless device 12, aprogrammer of the wireless device 12, a service provider for thewireless device 12, or a remote caller 32 to the wireless device 12. Inthe embodiment wherein the user 30 enters the at least one criterion 22,the at least one criterion 22 may be entered by the user 30 pressing akey to select an audio filter. For example, speech templates 40 may beavailable, with one speech template 40 corresponding to each of thenumbers 1 through nine on a keypad of the wireless device 12.Alternatively, the at least one criterion 22 may be entered by the user30 selecting a previously adjusted audio signal configuration.

[0018] The at least one criterion 22 is a value to which an audio signal20 is compared in order to assess features of the audio signal 20. Theat least one criterion 22 may be understandability of the audio signal20, or clarity of the audio signal 20, or of components, such asfrequency components, of the audio signal 20. The at least one criterion22 may also be variance from a pre-determined value of the audio signal20, or of a component of the audio signal 20, or may be recognizabilityof the audio signal 20. For example, the audio signal 20 may be a wordspoken by the user 30 or by a remote caller 32. The understandability ofthe audio signal 20 would then be the factor or factors that contributeto the ability of a listener to make out the word spoken.

[0019] One component of understandability would be the size anddistribution of the frequency peaks for pronunciation of certain sounds,such as vowels and consonants, for example. Consonants, for example,have peaks at higher frequencies than do vowels. Boosting the gain athigher frequencies leads to greater understandability, since even peoplewith ordinary hearing do not hear higher frequencies as well as theyhear lower frequencies. The hearing-impaired often are unable to hearsignificant quantities of high-frequency sound at all.

[0020] The clarity of the audio signal 20 would then be the factor orfactors that contribute to the ease with which the listener canunderstand the audio signal 20, such as the ease with which the listenercan hear the frequency that corresponds to the pronunciation of aconsonant. The variance of the audio signal 20 would then be the factoror factors that contribute to the difference of the audio signal 20 fromthe normal value of such an audio signal 20. The pre-determined normalvalue may be, for example, a normal audio signal 20 for a particularspeaker, or a normal range of audio signals 20 for a person, an animal,and so on. In such an instance, the user 30 might want to vary from thenormal signal 20, such as to add flair to the user's voice, but notreach the point of no longer being recognizable as that user 30.Alternatively, the at least one criterion 22 may be a value specific toeach of various users 30, or to one user 30, such as compensation for ahearing deficiency of the user 30, or specific to each of various remotecallers 32, or to one remote caller 32, such as compensation for ahearing deficiency of the remote caller.

[0021] In another preferred embodiment, the first criterion 22 is avoice profile template 40. The voice profile template 40 may be that ofa user 30, or that of a remote caller 32 to the wireless device 12. Thevoice profile 40 may be a voice template having characteristics that theuser 30 desires the audio signal 20 to have. Due to intracranial echoingand interference, a user's voice often does not sound as the user 30desires. Rather, the user 30 could desire the user 30, or the remotecaller 32, to sound like a third party, such as a mother-in law, or afictional character. For example, the voice profile template 40 may beJohn Wayne, or Bugs Bunny. Additionally, various subjective criteria maybe provided, such as the user 30 desiring to sound unassuming orauthoritative, and these subjective criteria, or any additionalcriteria, may be provided by the manufacturer and stored within thewireless device 12, or may be iteratively provided by the user 30through the series of playbacks and adjustments provided forhereinbelow.

[0022] The receiver 16 receives the audio signal 20. The audio signal 20may be incoming or outgoing, and thus the receiver 16 is herein definedas any device that receives incoming or outgoing audio signals 20 to orfrom the wireless device 12. Thus, for example, the receiver 16 may be astandard telephone mouthpiece, and the hardware that correspondsthereto, for sending audio signals 20 from the user 30, or an antenna ofthe wireless device 12, for receiving audio signals 30 sent from theremote caller 32. If the signal is incoming, a plurality of first voiceprofile templates (identity templates) can be compared against thesignal to determine the identity of the speaker. Once the speaker hasbeen identified, any of a second plurality of templates can be used tomodify the voice, depending on the identity of the speaker or any otherdesired factor or factors.

[0023] The comparator 18 receives the audio signal 20 from the receiver16, and receives at least one criterion 22 from the memory 14. Thecomparator 18 compares the audio signal 20 to the first criterion 22,and outputs at least one result 50 from the comparison. The comparator18 is any device known in the art that compares two quantities andoutputs a result of the comparison. In one embodiment, the comparator 18is a signal processor, such as a DSP. An output display 42 is preferablyprovided in the wireless device 12, and that output display 42 mayprovide feedback 44 to the user 30 of the at least one result 50 fromthe comparator 18.

[0024] The adjustor 24 adjusts the audio signal 20 based on the result50 of the comparator 18. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustor 24 isautomated. In an alternative embodiment, the user 30 of the wirelessdevice 12 may control the adjustor 24. The adjustor 24 may be any deviceknown in the art that responds to an output 50 of a comparator 18, andadjusts an audio signal 20 for broadcast based on the result 50 of thecomparison 18, such as a signal processor. The adjustor 24 may include afiltering combination 60 or filtering system that adjusts the voicecharacteristics of the user 30, or of the remote caller 32, to match theat least one criterion 22. One filter may be provided, as is known inthe art, for each audio signal 20, or numerous filters may be provided,and a single filter may then correspond to only a component, such as afrequency component, of the audio signal 20.

[0025] In operation, the user may enter a first criterion 22 that is atleast one stored recognition template 40. The stored recognitiontemplate 40 is a set of predetermined voice characteristics. The audiosignal 20 is then compared to the stored recognition template 40, andthe result 50 from the comparator 18 may then cause the adjustor 24 torun the audio signal 20 through free-form voice modification filtering60 to heighten understandability or reduce variance from the at leastone stored recognition template 40.

[0026] In another preferred embodiment, the stored recognition template40 may be a user desired speech profile, i.e., what the user 30 desiresto sound like, or what the user 30 desires the remote caller 32 to soundlike. Each stored recognition template 40 may correspond to a keypressable by the user 30 of the wireless device 12. The result 50 of thecomparator 18 is a percent variance of the audio signal 20 from thestored recognition template 40. This percent variance may then beassigned a single word rating, based on the one word spoken by the user30 as the audio signal 20, or based on one word received from the remotecaller 32 at the wireless device. Alternatively, several words orphrases may be received as the audio signal 20, and the comparator 18may generate a plurality of percent variances for the plurality of audiosignals 20. This plurality of percent variances then forms a multi-wordrating, which multi-word rating may be a cumulative rating, or anaveraged rating of the single word ratings corresponding to each of theplurality of percent variances. The percent variance measurement ispreferably a statistical comparison of voice characteristics in theaudio signal 20 and of the first criterion 22. The voice characteristicscompared may be, but are not limited to, the frequency content of theaudio signal 20 and the frequency location of the audio signal 20.

[0027] The apparatus 10 for providing a custom profile in a wirelessdevice 12 preferably also includes an audio player 70 that plays backthe audio signal 20 after the audio signal 20 is received, and againafter the audio signal 20 is adjusted. The audio player 70 may play theaudio signal from a remote caller 32 to the user 30 after the audiosignal 20 is adjusted, or may play back the audio signal 20 from theuser 30 after adjustment of the audio signal 20.

[0028]FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating the method 100 of modifyingan audio profile in a wireless device of the present invention. Themethod includes the step 102 of entering, by a user of the wirelessdevice, of a first criterion, the step 104 of comparing an audio signalreceived by the wireless device to the first criterion, the step 106 ofadjusting the audio signal based on the comparison, and the step 108 ofplaying the adjusted audio signal to the user, or the step 110 ofbroadcasting the adjusted audio signal to a remote caller.

[0029] A user of the wireless device performs the step 102 of entering afirst criterion. The first criterion may be, for example,understandability, clarity, variance from a pre-determined normal value,recognizability, substantially as discussed hereinabove with respect toFIG. 1. The entering step 102 may be performed by the user pressing akey to select a pre-stored comparative template as the first criterion,for example.

[0030] The step 104 of comparing an audio signal received by thewireless device to the first criterion may be performed, for example, bya signal processor. The comparing step 104 generates at least one resultof the comparison. The comparing step 104 may include, for example,evaluating the audio signal against at least one stored recognitiontemplate. The stored recognition template may be a user desired speechprofile. Numerous stored recognition templates may be stored on thewireless device, and each stored recognition template may, for example,correspond to a key on a keypad of the wireless device. The user wouldthen select the desired template before the comparing step 104.

[0031] The evaluating may be a running of the audio signal throughfree-form voice modification filtering to heighten understandability andreduce variance from the at least one stored recognition template. Forexample, the user may desire that his or her boss sound like a duck. Thecomparing step 104 would thus run the incoming audio signal of theboss's voice through a voice modifier to assess what filtering wouldbest reduce the variance between the boss's actual voice audio signaland a duck. Thus, in this instance, the evaluating of the comparing step104 might include statistically comparing to, and assigning a percentvariance of the audio signal from, the stored recognition template of aduck. The percent variance is then preferably assigned a single wordrating.

[0032] This evaluating may be repeated for a plurality of audio signals.In the embodiment wherein the evaluating is repeated for numerous audiosignals, a plurality of percent variances may be generated, leading to amulti-word rating. This multi-word rating may be a cumulative rating forall words that are statistically compared, or may be an averaged ratingof the single word ratings corresponding to each of the plurality ofpercent variances. More specifically, the percent variance may becalculated by statistically comparing voice characteristics, such asfrequency content and frequency location.

[0033] The step 106 of adjusting the audio signal is performed based onthe result of the step 104 of comparing. In the above example, the step106 of adjusting would include the adjustment, through filtering, of theaudio signal to form the audio signal into that of a duck. The filteringof the adjusting step 106 may include boosting a particular frequency ofthe audio signal. The adjusting step 106 is preferably performedautomatically by the wireless device, but may be responsive to an inputfrom the user of the wireless device, wherein the input from the user isbased on at least one result of the comparing step. The at least oneresult may be provided to the user as feedback displayed, for example,as an icon on a display screen of the wireless device. The step 106 ofadjusting may include such adjustments as boosting particularfrequencies in order to improve the clarity of at least one consonant,vowel, or other sound pronunciation, or to compensate for a hearingdeficiency of the user or of the remote caller.

[0034] Finally, the step 108 of playing the adjusted audio signal to theuser after adjustment of the audio signal, or the step 110 ofbroadcasting the adjusted audio signal to a remote caller, is performed.In a preferred embodiment, the playback to the user is performed after adelay following the receipt of the audio signal from the user in theform of the user speaking, to prevent interference and soundinteraction, such as intracranial interference, for example. Also in apreferred embodiment, the delay is preferably minimized between thereceipt of the audio signal from the remote caller and the playback tothe user, thereby allowing real-time conversation on the wirelessdevice.

[0035]FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating more particularly oneembodiment of the method 100 of FIG. 2. The method 100 includes the step202 of recording an audio signal, the step 204 of playing back the audiosignal to a user of the wireless device, the step 206 of polling theuser to selectively apply filtering to the played back audio signal, thestep 208 of filtering the audio signal according to step of polling ofthe user, the step of playing back the filtered audio signal to theuser, the repeating of the polling, filtering, and playing back stepsuntil the user elects, upon the polling, to retain a then currentfiltering configuration, which then current filtering configurationbecomes the audio profile, and the step 214 of applying the audioprofile to a subsequent audio signal.

[0036] During the polling step 206, the user may elect to selectivelyapply filtering by pressing a numbered key on the wireless device. Thenumbered key preferably corresponds to a pre-stored speech template. Thefiltering step 208 then includes the filtering selected by the userduring the polling step.

[0037] The audio signal of FIG. 3 may be an incoming audio signal to thewireless device from a remote caller, or an outgoing audio signal fromthe wireless device to a remote caller. The subsequent audio signal maybe an outgoing audio signal from the wireless device to a remote caller,or an incoming audio signal to the wireless device from a remote caller.

[0038] Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that manymodifications and variations of the present invention may beimplemented. The foregoing description and the following claims areintended to cover all such modifications and variations.

What is claimed is:
 1. An apparatus for providing a custom profile in awireless device, comprising: a memory into which at least one criterionis entered by a user of the wireless device; a receiver that receives anaudio signal; a comparator that receives the audio signal from saidreceiver, and that receives at least a first of the least one criterionfrom said memory, wherein said comparator compares the audio signal tothe first criterion, and wherein said comparator outputs at least oneresult of the comparison; and an adjustor that adjusts the audio signalbased on the result of said comparator.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1,wherein the first criterion is a voice profile.
 3. The apparatus ofclaim 2, wherein the first criterion is a voice profile of the user. 4.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first criterion is a voice profilefor a remote caller to the wireless device.
 5. The apparatus of claim 1,further comprising an audio player that plays back the audio signalafter the audio signal is received, and again after the audio signal isadjusted.
 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an audioplayer that plays the audio signal from a remote caller to the wirelessdevice to the user after the audio signal is adjusted.
 7. The apparatusof claim 1, further comprising an output display that provides feedbackto the user of at least one result from said comparator.
 8. Theapparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one criterion isunderstandability.
 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least onecriterion is clarity.
 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein saidadjustor is automated.
 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein saidadjustor is a signal processor.
 12. The apparatus of claim 1, whereinthe user of the wireless device controls said adjustor.
 13. Theapparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one criterion is a filteringcombination.
 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the filteringcombination changes voice characteristics of the user.
 15. The apparatusof claim 1, wherein the at least one criterion is variance from apre-determined normal value.
 16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein theat least one criterion is recognizability.
 17. The apparatus of claim 1,wherein the at least one criterion is entered by the user of thewireless device.
 18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least onecriterion is sent to the wireless device from a remote caller to thewireless device.
 19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said memory is aRAM.
 20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one criterion isentered by the user pressing a key to select an audio filter.
 21. Theapparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one criterion is entered bythe user selecting a previously adjusted audio signal configuration forthe adjustor.
 22. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said receiverincludes a mouthpiece of the wireless device.
 23. The apparatus of claim1, wherein said receiver includes an antenna of the wireless device. 24.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said comparator comprises a digitalprocessor.
 25. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said adjustor is afiltering system.
 26. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the firstcriterion is clarity of at least one consonant pronunciation.
 27. Theapparatus of claim 1, wherein the first criterion is compensation for ahearing deficiency of the user.
 28. The apparatus of claim 1, whereinthe first criterion is compensation for a hearing deficiency of a remotecaller.
 29. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first criterion is atleast one stored recognition template.
 30. The apparatus of claim 29,wherein said adjustor runs the audio signal through free-form voicemodification filtering to heighten understandability and reduce variancefrom the at least one stored recognition template.
 31. The apparatus ofclaim 29, wherein the stored recognition template is a user desiredspeech profile.
 32. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the result is apercent variance of the audio signal from the stored recognitiontemplate.
 33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the percent variance isassigned a single word rating.
 34. The apparatus of claim 32, whereinthe comparator generates a plurality of percent variances for aplurality of audio signals, which plurality of percent variances forms amulti-word rating.
 35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the multi-wordrating is a cumulative rating.
 36. The apparatus of claim 34, whereinthe multi-word rating is an averaged rating of the single word ratingscorresponding to each of the plurality of percent variances.
 37. Theapparatus of claim 32, wherein the percent variance is a statisticalcomparison of voice characteristics in the audio signal and of the firstcriterion.
 38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the voicecharacteristics are at least one selected from the group consisting offrequency content and frequency location.
 39. The apparatus of claim 29,wherein each stored recognition template corresponds to a key on akeypad of the wireless device.
 40. An apparatus for providing a customprofile in a wireless device, comprising: a memory into which at leastone criterion is entered by the user; a receiver that receives an audiosignal; a means for comparing that receives the audio signal from saidreceiver, and that receives at least a first of the least one criterionfrom said memory, wherein said means for comparing compares the audiosignal to the first criterion, and wherein said means for comparingoutputs at least one result of the comparison; and a means for adjustingthat adjusts the audio signal based on the result of said means forcomparing.
 41. A method of modifying an audio profile in a wirelessdevice, comprising the steps of: entering, by a user of the wirelessdevice, of a first criterion; comparing an audio signal received by thewireless device to the first criterion; adjusting the audio signal basedon said comparing; and playing the adjusted audio signal to the user, orbroadcasting the adjusted audio signal to a remote caller.
 42. Themethod of claim 41, wherein said adjusting is performed automatically bythe wireless device.
 43. The method of claim 41, wherein said adjustingis performed by filtering the audio signal.
 44. The method of claim 41,wherein said comparing is performed by a signal processor.
 45. Themethod of claim 41, wherein said adjusting is responsive to an inputfrom the user of the wireless device, and wherein the input from theuser is based on at least one result of said comparing.
 46. The methodof claim 45, further comprising the user receiving the at least oneresult of said comparing by providing of feedback to the user, thefeedback being of at least one result of said comparing.
 47. The methodof claim 46, wherein said providing of feedback is performed bydisplaying an icon to the user on a display screen of the wirelessdevice.
 48. The method of claim 41, wherein the criterion isunderstandability.
 49. The method of claim 41, wherein the criterion isclarity.
 50. The method of claim 41, wherein the criterion is variancefrom a predetermined normal value.
 51. The method of claim 41, whereinthe criterion is recognizability.
 52. The method of claim 41, whereinsaid adjusting comprises boosting a particular frequency of the audiosignal.
 53. The method of claim 52, wherein an upper frequency isboosted to improve clarity of at least one consonant pronunciation. 54.The method of claim 52, wherein the particular frequency is boosted tocompensate for a hearing deficiency of the user.
 55. The method of claim52, wherein the particular frequency is boosted to compensate for ahearing deficiency of the remote caller.
 56. The method of claim 41,wherein said comparing comprises evaluating the audio signal against atleast one stored recognition template.
 57. The method of claim 56,wherein said evaluating comprises running the audio signal throughfree-form voice modification filtering to heighten understandability andreduce variance from the at least one stored recognition template. 58.The method of claim 56, wherein the stored recognition template is auser desired speech profile.
 59. The method of claim 56, wherein saidevaluating comprises statistically comparing, and assigning a percentvariance of the audio signal from the stored recognition template. 60.The method of claim 59, wherein the percent variance is assigned asingle word rating.
 61. The method of claim 59, wherein said evaluatingis repeated for a plurality of audio signals, thereby assigning aplurality of percent variances, which plurality of percent variancesforms a multi-word rating.
 62. The method of claim 61, wherein themulti-word rating is a cumulative rating.
 63. The method of claim 61,wherein the multi-word rating is an averaged rating of the single wordratings corresponding to each of the plurality of percent variances. 64.The method of claim 59, wherein the percent variance is calculated bystatistically comparing voice characteristics.
 65. The method of claim64, wherein the voice characteristics are at least one selected from thegroup consisting of frequency content and frequency location.
 67. Themethod of claim 56, wherein each stored recognition template correspondsto a key on a keypad of the wireless device, further comprising the userselecting one stored recognition template before said comparing.
 68. Themethod of claim 41, further comprising delaying, between said enteringand said playing, to allow for prevention of sound interaction betweenthe user entering by speaking, and the user playing by playing back arecording of said entering.
 69. A method of modifying an audio profilein a wireless device, comprising the steps of: (a) recording an audiosignal; (b) playing back the audio signal to a user of the wirelessdevice; (c) polling the user to selectively apply filtering to theplayed back audio signal; (d) filtering the audio signal according tosaid polling of the user; (e) playing back the filtered audio signal tothe user; (f) repeating steps (c)-(e) until the user elects, upon saidpolling, to retain a then current filtering configuration, which thencurrent filtering configuration comprises the audio profile; and (g)applying the audio profile to a subsequent audio signal.
 70. The methodof claim 69, wherein the user selectively applies filtering by pressinga numbered key on the wireless device.
 71. The method of claim 70,wherein the numbered key corresponds to a pre-stored speech template.72. The method of claim 69, wherein the audio signal is an incomingaudio signal to the wireless device from a remote caller.
 73. The methodof claim 69, wherein the audio signal is an outgoing audio signal fromthe wireless device to a remote caller.
 74. The method of claim 69,wherein the subsequent audio signal is an outgoing audio signal from thewireless device to a remote caller.